Long story short, Jetix aired Naruto from July 22nd 2006 to the summer of 2009 which is around the time Jetix changed to Disney XD.
They only aired about 100 episodes and was very censored compared to it's CN USA counterpart. The only things that proved this broadcast exists are 2 promos archived on youtube and various fourms amd articles that are either fan outrage of the censorship or the announcment of the UK premiere.
So far no episodes of this version exist, the closest we have to an idea of what it may be like is Jetix recordings from Russia and Poland where they also ended their broadcast in only 100 episodes.
So if anyone has recordings of any of these episodes, by all means respond.
I don't know much about Naruto but 100% the Polish version was the same as in the UK, the censorship was very strong, episode 53 was shortened to 15 minutes and the first minutes are a fragment from episode 52, and most if not all episodes are in Polish on a Polish but paid website - chomikuj.
Russian episodes may still be circulating on the net, but I'd advise looking for Romanian episodes as well.
Anyway, I'm just wondering if the English dubbing was the same as on CN in the US or was it created a new.
I said I don't know much about Naruto but I watched a few censored episodes out of curiosity (of course in polish).
It's the same VIZ Media dub as CN but with lines abruptly cut. One example is that someone would be talking about death and the line would jump cut randomly to the next line.
Also you say you do not know much about Naruto yet you are sure the Polish version is the sane as the UK version.
So would Disney still technically have the rights to the censored version, or at least those censored episodes? Or did they completely sell off or sell back the show entirely, so no legal release allowed? Could they legally be released when a legit English release does actually exist, or is at least being gradually released here in the states (see: my other thread on the English Naruto Shippuden dub)? This seems like a legal quagmire to me.
It's really up in the air, pretty unlikely that whoever has the rights just decides to release a 100 cut of the UK Jetix Naruto version. Our best hope is someone with VHS's of the Jetix broadcast, it's how the AB Groupe dubs of the Dragon Ball shows were preserved.
So would Disney still technically have the rights to the censored version, or at least those censored episodes? Or did they completely sell off or sell back the show entirely, so no legal release allowed? Could they legally be released when a legit English release does actually exist, or is at least being gradually released here in the states (see: my other thread on the English Naruto Shippuden dub)? This seems like a legal quagmire to me.
Disney simply held regional broadcast rights to Naruto. Given how long it's been, it's safe to assume those have long since expired.
It's extremely unlikely that this version of Naruto ever officially sees the light of day again. To make things clear, Viz Media originally produced an uncut and edited dub of the show in the U.S. The dubs feature the same voice cast and only really differ in some scripting aspects, alongside violence/nudity visual edits. The uncut version was released in its entirety direct-to-DVD (both in the U.S. and the U.K.), while the edited version aired on TV and received a partial North American DVD release. What Jetix UK aired was an altered version of that already existing edited dub. The uncut dub of the show is available in most, if not all, of the Anglosphere, on streaming and home video, making any edited version kind of pointless. If some kids broadcaster/streamer wanted to run Naruto, they'd probably just go for the original edited dub as that actually encompassed the entire series.
Some time ago, a Jetix DVD containing an episode of Naruto appeared on eBay. It's probably in english, but contain only 1 episode. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266349199146
Some time ago, a Jetix DVD containing an episode of Naruto appeared on eBay. It's probably in english, but contain only 1 episode. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266349199146
No Bar code on the dvd would imply its likely a freebie from the old jetix magazine
they would often do this ( usually in slip cases admittedly)
i'm sure theres somoene on the archive who was posting iso's of the discs at one point, this may be an avenue to explore?
edit : archive.org/details/jetixDVDs i'm not going to go through each one but this is the most extensive ones on there
should that ebay dvd be online ( or indeed ANY uk jetix naruto) it'll likely be found here
Long story short, Jetix aired Naruto from July 22nd 2006 to the summer of 2009 which is around the time Jetix changed to Disney XD.
They only aired about 100 episodes and was very censored compared to it's CN USA counterpart. The only things that proved this broadcast exists are 2 promos archived on youtube and various fourms amd articles that are either fan outrage of the censorship or the announcment of the UK premiere.
So far no episodes of this version exist, the closest we have to an idea of what it may be like is Jetix recordings from Russia and Poland where they also ended their broadcast in only 100 episodes.
So if anyone has recordings of any of these episodes, by all means respond.
I do remember watching it at the time, but the only show I really recorded on Jetix back then was Digimon, primarily Digimon Tamers. I remember watching one of the first episodes where Naruto pretends to be a girl in front of his teacher Iruka angering him, and I know it's in the original version but that's all I remember from the Jetix broadcast. And this was on a Sky Set Top Box. So I don't think it's recoverable sadly.
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